Package-wrapper



D. L. BAXTER.

PACKAGE WRAPPER! APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1920.

Patenteo'i July 12; 1921,

UNHTED STATES Parent caries.

DANIEL L. BAXTER, 0F PAWTUCKET, RHODE I S LAND.

PACKAGE-WRAPPER.

Specification of ietters Patent. Patented July 12, 1921.

A pplication filed April 30, 19130. Serial No. 377,825.

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Wrappers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved protecting package wrapper, and has forits object to provide such a wgapper which is very simple and practical in construction, inexpensive to manufacture requiring the minimum amount of stock, and one which is readily applied and-secured to a package by folding the parts about the package and tuckingiin the flaps,

A further object of the invention is to provide such a package wrapper whereby the top flap may be sealed for shipping, while either of the end flaps or 'iwings may be readily withdrawn to open the package for inspection if desired as is required when shipped by parcel post.

The nature and advantagesof the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the

' invention residing in the combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawlngs forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indlcate similar parts in the several Views and wherein V Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wrapper as applied to a package.

Fig. 2 is a .view showing my improved wrapper as cut from a sheet of stock in substantially the form of the letter T.

Fig. 3 shows the wrapper as partially folded.

Fig. 4 is a central section of the wrapper 'when in folded position.

With reference to the drawings, the blank from which my improved wrapper is formed is cut from the sheet into the shape illustrated in Fig. 2, substantially in the form of theletter T having a shank 10 and a head portion 11 with oppositelyextending wings 12. This shank is grooved, partially cut or weakened on the lines 13, 14 and 15 while the head portion. is p rtia y u grooved or weakened on the lines 16, 17 and 18, to facilitate folding on these lines.

In forming my improved wrapper into box shape the head member is first bent up on the line 18 forming a front wall 19 for the box or Wrapper; next the wing members are bent rearwardly on the lines 16 forming end walls 20 for the wrapper; next the flaps 12 of the wings are bent inwardly to extend toward each other forming a portion of the inner rear wall. The shank portion of the T is now bent upward on the line 13 forming a bottom 21 and a rear wall 22 for the wrapper, next the shank is bent forward on the line 14: thus forming atop portion 23. The flap 24'is now tucked down inside of the front wall 19, which securely binds the whole to ether.

11 shipping by mail or parcel post the top flap 24 of my improved envelop or wrap-v per, may be sealed while either of the end flaps 12 may be readily withdrawn for the purpose of inspection by the postal authorities and as readily replaced again securely closing the package against any possibility of accidental opening and that without cement or other fastening.

My improved wrapper is extremely simple and practical in its construction, requiring the minimum amount of stock and the simplest form of cutting dies to produce it, and when the flaps are folded and inserted between the package wall and the wrapper wall all of the parts are securely locked, providing a most practical wrapper for protecting the package within.

The foregoing description is directedsolely toward the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical it, the lower edge of said front Wall having an integral foldable member extending rearwardly forming the bottom, then upwardly forming the rear Wall, then forwardly forming the top of the Wrapper, the front edge of the top'portion being provided with a flap having a depth substantially one-half the height of said front Wall and adagted to be tucked inside oi said front wall to be bound between said well and the package 10 within to securely lock the wrapper about the package, the extremity of said flap being formed Without laterally-extending tabs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DANIEL L. BAXTER. 

